Fresno PD searching for two armed robbery suspects in Southwest Fresno
Dec 15, 2024
FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - The Fresno Police Department needs your help finding two suspects in an armed robbery that took place in Southwest Fresno Sunday Afternoon.
According to Fresno Police, they got an alert of an alarm going off alongside calls of a robbery and shots fired at the EZ Mart on California Avenue near Thorne Avenue.
When units arrived, officials said they found glass shattered at the business, but reported no employees or consumers at the business sustaining any injuries.
According to the Fresno Police investigation, they determined that two males had arrived outside the business on a bike, one suspect, a thin male wearing a 49ers hat, and a multi-colored sweatshirt on a BMX bike, stayed outside while the other suspect went inside the business.
Officials said the second suspect, a heavy-set male wearing a hoodie and sweatpants with a Halloween-esque mask went in and confronted the clerk and asked for cash in the register. The clerk told police they thought it was a joke, in which police say the subject pulled out a handgun to threaten the clerk.
Police said the suspect got the money and then attempted to leave the business.
Trying to leave the business, the security door lock activated, and the suspect tried to open the door with brute force but couldn't get out. He proceeded to shoot a round at the glass, and he left through the opening.
Both suspects reportedly left northbound on Thorne.
It is an active investigation and anyone with info is asked to contact Fresno PD at 621-7000.